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CGIAR Researcher from WorldFish, Dr. Shakuntala Thilsted, wins World Food Prize
11.05.21-
Nutrition
Dr. Shakuntala Haraksingh Thilsted, a CGIAR scientist and nutrition expert from WorldFish, was named…
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Leaders Summit on Climate: USAID Announcements
26.04.21-
Climate
On April 22-23, President Biden hosted a virtual Leaders Summit on Climate to catalyze global…
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Bill Gates on CGIAR and Adapting to a Warmer World
12.02.21Climate change is going to force us to consider entirely new needs. We need to…
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Today’s Climate and Food Crises Can Only be Solved in Tandem
09.02.21Extreme weather driven by climate change, conflict, and the COVID-19 pandemic are driving worsening …
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CGIAR Joins Forces with World Food Programme to Tackle Post-Pandemic Hunger
26.01.21-
Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
The Nobel Peace Prize-winning UN agency will work with CGIAR to bolster food systems amid…
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Investment into Research Must Double to Halt Climate and Food Crises by 2030
25.01.21-
Climate
World’s largest agricultural research partnership seeks to increase funding to $2 billion annually…
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Enhancing seed quality in Sri Lanka through improved drying and storage
19.04.18-
Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
IRRI and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations through the Closing Rice…
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Fishing with a new research method nets bountiful insights
19.04.18-
Biodiversity
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
Why might fish stocks be more depleted inside a marine protected area (MPA) than…
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Youth migration and labor constraints in African agrarian households
18.04.18-
Creating JOBS and GROWTH
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Promoting EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
The new paper investigates how youth migration in Ethiopia and Malawi affects household labor, hired…
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Is waste the next big business opportunity?
17.04.18-
Living within PLANETARY BOUNDARIES
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
A new 800-page book profiles multiple ways to harness waste to help fill the world’s…
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Tackling the Hard Questions Head On to Define Tomorrow’s Research Agenda: Let the Countdown to Science Forum 2018 Begin!
17.04.18-
Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
In just under six months’ time Science Forum 2018 – Win more, lose less: Capturing synergies b…
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Community land rights open investment opportunities in global south
16.04.18-
Creating JOBS and GROWTH
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Living within PLANETARY BOUNDARIES
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Promoting EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
The devolution of land tenure rights to forest-dwelling communities over the past quarter century ha…
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Gender considerations in informal food markets in sub-Saharan Africa
16.04.18-
Promoting EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
Kristina Roesel, a postdoctoral scientist at the International Livestock Research Institute, discuss…
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How international investments in agriculture shape food security
13.04.18-
Creating JOBS and GROWTH
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
BY SHELLEKA DARBY, JAMES ZHAN, WILLIAM SPELLER AND HAFIZ MIRZA International investments in agric…
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Ethiopian economy grows, but diets are still poor
13.04.18-
Nutrition
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
A new Ethiopia has emerged in recent years. A potent combination of increased agricultural productiv…
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Taking a farmer-centric approach to Integrated Pest Management
12.04.18-
Creating JOBS and GROWTH
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
"You always have to put a human face to your research. You can’t just go…
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Sustainable food systems: Agriculture by another name?
12.04.18-
Nutrition
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
This piece is excerpted from a post by Steven D. Prager, Mark Lundy, and Chris Bene…
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Policy seminar and special event: Tales of yield improvement and farewell to Mark Rosegrant
12.04.18-
Living within PLANETARY BOUNDARIES
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
BY SHELLEKA DARBY IFPRI marked the path-breaking career of Senior Research Fellow and retiring Envir…
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Crop research needs a system of integrated labs across the globe
11.04.18-
Living within PLANETARY BOUNDARIES
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
BY MARK ROSEGRANT Despite advances in agricultural productivity thanks to higher and more stable cro…
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The business case for seed – a public-private partnership takes root in Kenya
11.04.18-
Creating JOBS and GROWTH
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
Farmers in developing countries often lack access to certified disease-free planting material for ro…
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How to develop and manage your own community seedbank
11.04.18-
Biodiversity
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
Ronnie Vernooy, Genetic Resources Policy Specialist, Bioversity International, reports on a new hand…
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‘Contour bunding’ preserves soils and boosts farmers’ incomes by 20% in Mali – new study
11.04.18-
Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
A new study by ICRISAT scientists in Mali has found that ‘contour bunding’, technique helps…
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What can we learn from rising rice production in Senegal?
06.04.18-
Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
BY KATRIN GLATZEL Ndèye lives in a small town in northern Senegal, close to the…
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Scaling sustainable rice farming practices to achieve food security in Asia
06.04.18-
Creating JOBS and GROWTH
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
JAKARTA, Indonesia— Experts gathering at the 5th Responsible Business Forum (RBF) on Food a…
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